Carnegie Hall will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Lullaby Project, which pairs parents with professional artists to write and sing personal lullabies for their babies, on June 10 with a special online concert.
This free, livestreamed celebration, at 4 p.m. EDT, will feature lullabies written by families in New York City and around the world, as well as the stories behind the songs, from the community of artists, songwriters and partners who worked together to create them. Performers will include parents and Carnegie Hall teaching artists, such as Grammy Award-winner Falu Shah, Juana Luna, Emily Eagen and Starr Busby, among others.
The concert will be livestreamed on Carnegie Hall’s Facebook and YouTube pages and available online directly after on YouTube.
The Lullaby Project puts together professional artists with pregnant women and new mothers and fathers to write and sing lullabies for their babies; its goals, Carnegie Hall said, are to support maternal health, aid childhood development and strengthen the bond between parent and child. In New York City, the project works with parents in correctional facilities, foster care, high schools and homeless shelters, while Carnegie Hall said the project works with partner organizations worldwide to support families in their own communities.
The Lullaby Project also offers other free resources—such as instructional guides and a Spotify playlist—for families with babies and toddlers.
The first Lullaby Project was at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx in December 2011; since then, over 2,800 families have composed songs for their children, many available for listening and sharing on Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project Soundcloud page.
Tiffany Ortiz, director of early childhood programs for Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, said, “The power of lullabies resonates broadly—we have seen how writing a lullaby connects parent and child, promotes early childhood development, empowers parents to be sensitive and creative caregivers, and much more. It has been meaningful to watch the project blossom from its inaugural pilot in New York City to being adapted for communities around the world.”
Lullabies have been written in over 20 languages and many musical styles, reflecting the diverse backgrounds of project participants; parents receive a recording of their lullabies to share with their babies.
Since the start of the pandemic, Lullaby Project professional artists have connected directly with U.S. families in free, one-on-one online sessions; parents and caregivers can sign up for these on Carnegie Hall’s website.
In 2018, Decca Gold (Universal Music Group) released Hopes & Dreams: The Lullaby Project, an album of original lullabies written by workshop participants and performed by artists including Fiona Apple, the Brentano String Quartet, Lawrence Brownlee, Rosanne Cash, Joyce DiDonato, Rhiannon Giddens, Angélique Kidjo, Patti LuPone, Natalie Merchant, Dianne Reeves, Pretty Yende and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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